Today, Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner demanding answers about HUD’s current approach to fair housing enforcement, particularly the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity’s (FHEO) enforcement of protections for...

Today, Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY-15) announced he will introduce the Power To The Players Act, legislation that would direct the Federal Trade Commission to establish regulations protecting consumers’ ability to own and play the video games they purchase. Over the past few years, video game companies have moved toward...

Today, Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) and Congresswoman Grace Meng (NY-6) co-led a letter, joined by Representatives Yvette D. Clarke (NY-9), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Laura A. Gillen (NY-4), Dan Goldman (NY-10), Timothy M. Kennedy(NY-26), George Latimer (NY-16), John W. Mannion (NY-22), Gregory W. Meeks...

Today, Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand led a follow-up letter, joined by Representatives Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-7), Grace Meng (NY-6), Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Paul D. Tonko (NY-20), and Timothy M. Kennedy (NY-26), to U.S. Department of Health and Human...

Yesterday, Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY-15) sent a letter to Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle W. Bowman, FDIC Chairman Travis Hill, and Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan V. Gould, requesting that federal banking regulators reduce the risk weight assigned to Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)...

Today, Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY-15) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the State Department to press the Government of Honduras over the July 6, 2026 eviction of the Garífuna community of San Juan in Tela, Atlántida, and the criminal prosecution of five community members that followed. On July 6,...

Yesterday, Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY-15) announced $500,000 in federal funding he secured through Community Project Funding for the Police Athletic League of New York City’s (PAL) Webster-Giannone Center, supporting year-round youth programming in the Bronx. The funding will strengthen the PAL Webster-Giannone...

Today, Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY-15) and Rep. George Latimer (NY-16) introduced the Families Deserve to Know Act, legislation that would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to notify a detainee’s family when their loved one dies, is hospitalized, or suffers a medical emergency in custody. The bill...

Yesterday, Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY-15) joined Governor Kathy Hochul at Lincoln Hospital to announce nearly $10 million in State funding to construct and outfit a cardiac catheterization lab, closing the funding gap Rep. Torres identified and pressed the State to fill. Lincoln operates the busiest single-site...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) led a letter, joined by Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Representatives Nydia Velázquez (NY-7), Grace Meng (NY-6), Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Paul Tonko (NY-20), and Timothy M. Kennedy (NY-26), to HHS Secretary...